The first "China Documentary Festival", jointly organized by China Media Group and China's Ministry of Culture and Tourism, kicked off on June 21 with a launch ceremony in Beijing. During the festival, more than 50 outstanding documentaries and feature films produced by CGTN in English, Spanish, French, Arabic and Russian, including many award-winning works, will be showcased across hundreds of media platforms around the world.

Hundreds of media executives, audience representatives, former political leaders, institutional representatives, cultural celebrities and directors of overseas Chinese cultural centers on five continents gathered online after the ceremony to meet and promote communication through cooperation. They expressed high appreciation for the "China Documentary Festival" for bringing quality films reflecting the Chinese era to the world and fully affirmed the cohesiveness of the "China Documentary Festival" for gathering people from around the world, promoting communication and inspiring in-depth cooperation between media. They also said they are looking forward to the launch of the "China Documentary Festival" in other countries.